Blue-eyed boy

View full sizeKaty Batdorff | The Grand Rapids PressJackson Carmody shoves a handful of cupcake into his mouth at his first birthday.

Jackson Carmody shoves a handful of cupcake into his mouth at his first birthday. "He had no interest in cake, just the frosting," commented his mother Jeannie Thompson. "It was his first party situation, being surrounded by people. I was nervous he was going to freak out and cry all day, but it was just the opposite. He loved all the attention on him. And didn't sleep that night, playing with all his new toys. He kept showing them to me for my approval. The balloons were his favorite."